Celebrating our 31st Year!

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Heritage Patrol

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Heritage Patrol is one of
the many Interest Patrols available to Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl
Scouts. Interest
Patrols are a fun alternative to the traditional troop meeting format. There is
an annual registration fee of $15.00 for Girl Scout membership that can be
payable to individual troops or interest patrols. In addition, each patrol
determines individually their dues and/or activity fees. If you are interested
in early American folk arts, exploring local history, participating in
community events and sharing your skills with younger girls, you will enjoy
being a member of Heritage Patrol. For more information on Heritage Patrol
Please click here--->heritage
patrol history

2015-2016 Heritage Patrol
Events

The Levels and Requirements
of Heritage Patrol

As more girls joined the group it became increasingly
difficult to remember who was trained to lead each activity. Also, it was
taking more and more adult time to teach each incoming group, while continuing
to supervise the older girls. Some type of leadership ladder was needed. A
guild system, patterned after the medieval labor hierarchy, seemed appropriate.
Thus the oldest girls became Masters, those in the next level down were
Journeywomen, and the new girls came into the group as Apprentices. For two
years everything was fine; then, it became apparent that a more advanced level
of leadership was needed to hold the interest of the older girls. The position
of Trainer became the highest level of the guild. Today, the only leadership
training done by adults is the Trainers' training. All other training is
done by girls for girls. Leadership
Ladder

Oh the Places We
Go!

The Heritage Patrol holds many events throughout the course
of the year so that the girls can learn about the history of the Lehigh Valley.
We go on "Hunting for History" field trips, have Burnside Plantation
Day, Victorian Pastimes, Thinking Day - Heritage Style, Moravian Memories, and
Musikfest Krafts for Kids. The
Heritage Patrol is not only for the older Girl Scouts to join but also for the
younger Girl Scouts to come and learn.

Look at Us

If you click on the link below you will be able to see some
of our fun times that we had at events held recently